Impossible stories : on the space and time of Black destructive creation / John Murillo III.

"Merging theory and praxis, Murillo engages with Gayl Jones's Corregidora, Octavia Butler's Kindred, Toni Morrison's Beloved, Kiese Laymon's Long Division, Dionne Brand's A Map to the Door of No Return, and Paul Beatty's The Sellout to show how Afro-pessimism offers new ways to think about anti-Blac...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Murillo, John, III (Author)
Language:English
Published: Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2021]
Series:New suns: race, gender, and sexuality in the speculative.
Subjects:
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Racism.
African Americans > Race identity.
African Americans > Intellectual life.
Race relations in literature.
Space and time in literature.
American literature > African American authors.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:viii, 205 pages ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
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Summary:
"Merging theory and praxis, Murillo engages with Gayl Jones's Corregidora, Octavia Butler's Kindred, Toni Morrison's Beloved, Kiese Laymon's Long Division, Dionne Brand's A Map to the Door of No Return, and Paul Beatty's The Sellout to show how Afro-pessimism offers new ways to think about anti-Black racism and practice Black creativity"-- Provided by publisher.
Call Number:PS153.N5 M86 2021
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-199) and index.
ISBN:9780814214596
0814214592
9780814257777
0814257771